KJ SIMSR Horizon Dec - 2014 issue Dec 2014 | Page 74

ALMA MATER

IGNITING MINDS
Class

of 2014-16 begins a life
changing journey at SIMSR, with the
Alumni induction program.
Alumni Committee at SIMSR took
another step towards building a
stronger bond between the alumni
and the incoming batch, with two day
Induction session.
The Alumni who stepped forward to
conduct this lecture for day 1 were Mr.
Arun Rao and Mr. Saikat Chakraborty.
Having worked in various capacities of
supply chain domain, textile
Notable alumni give a warm welcome to fresh students of PGDM courses
companies and consultancy services,
in the induction program
Mr. Rao holds more than 20 years' of
Ms. Wadhwa, an alumna of class of 2000-02, holds
experience in the industry and
over 12 years of experience in marketing functions
currently heads implementation and operations of
with CitiGroup, Landmark group and TCS and is
3PL services (India division).Our second guest for
currently pursuing her hobby of producing creative
the day, Mr. Saikat Chakraborty has over 10 years
audio content with her venture G-Corp since 2008.
of qualitative experience with multiple domain in
Ms. Wadhwa awed the students by her live voice
Analytics, Supply Chain Management and Project
overs of various famous advertisements she has
Management and holds strong understanding of
done and accredited her current self to the tutelage
business process systems with extensive
received at SIMSR .
experience in usage of analytical tools like SAS etc.
Both of them shared interesting stories of their life
at SIMSR and after, along with strategies on how to
manage work life balance in periods of crisis.
The second day witnessed 2 eminent alumni of
SIMSR as speakers- Ms Gurdeep Wadhwa Sial
and Mr Harsh P Bhosale.

Our next speaker was Mr. Harsh P Bhosale who is a
1986 batch alumnus and current Sr. Vice President
& Head - Human Resources with Essar Oil Limited.
He holds over 28 years of experience with
organizations like Saint Gobain (India), RPG
Group, Scottish & Newcastle plc, JSW Steel,
Cadbury India and Crompton Greaves.. Mr.
Bhosale spoke briefly about his
journey in the corporate world so far,
how SIMSR has had an effect on it and
shared a few anecdotes which were
not only amusing but also thoughtful
and knowledge giving.
As we asked students about how they
found the 2 day session, the
responses were 'superb', 'great
learning experience' and so on. Team
Imprints on behalf of the entire
institute expresses gratitude towards
each one of our alumni and look
forward to many more similar future
interactions.

Notable alumni give a warm welcome to fresh students of PGDM courses
in the induction program

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December 2014